I’m Really, Really, Really Sick of the Rain

It’s been raining in Taipei for 6 weeks. Seriously. I usually don’t complain about stuff like this, especially on here, but I’m going completely insane.

A bigger problem is that I also have writers’ block and even squeezing out this self-absorbed rant is difficult. One of the big problems with writing a new blog post is that I have so much stuff from the last year that I haven’t written about, I don’t even know where to start. I think I have 10, half written posts in my “Recent Drafts” folder, none of which I’ll probably ever finish.

So here’s my solution to that: I’m going to throw up all (most) of the photos I want to write and/or talk about in this one post and just clear them out of the way. Then I can get started one new stuff. Chinese New Year is only a week away!

There’s actually A LOT of information here, if you click all the links.

To see larger galleries of images similar to each one below, click on each image… To read more about each location, click on the links under each image.

Found near the entrance to the Mugumuyu Nature Reserve, the Feicui Valley is an option if you don't get one of the limited permits to enter the nature reserve. It's a small, steep river valley with some swimming hole near the tunnel entrance.

The Baiyang Trail leads through a few bat-filled tunnels to a beautiful waterfall in Taroko Gorge. Unfortunately, the last bridge to the waterfall has recently been washed away.

Taroko Gorge is probably Taiwan’s MUST, must-see of all its attractions.

The Northeast Coast:

At Baishawan Beach, north of Taipei, surfboard rentals and lessons are available on weekends. Sunshade huts are also available for rent.

Baishawan Beach is probably the coolest beach to be seen at in northern Taiwan.

The trails at Badouzi wind up and down the seaside cliffs. There are many places to view Keelung Island and much of the Northeast Coast of Taiwan.

11 thoughts on “I’m Really, Really, Really Sick of the Rain”

Extraordinary photography as always! Of all the beautiful photos in this post, for some reason I really like the one you took at Shisanhang Archeology Museum (of the seating area?) – it’s surprisingly stunning and the clouds also look really cool in the shot.

Beautiful photos.
I agree with you. It keeps raining when I was in taiwan in Dec 2011 till Jan 2012. It spoiled my trip because my intention is to take landscape photos. So I ended up taking street photography.

That’s a bridge???? The Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge ?
Wowsers! I can’t figure it out. are those arches suspensions? too cool. thanks for the blog. i know next to nothing about taiwan, and certainly very little about what it looks like
–les

Neil! So amazing and refreshing! I was sick of the rain as well here. You had a perfect remedy for yourself, and I hope to do the same! Thanks for the inspiration! Keep shooting it up and making our mouths drip at these wondrous places just in our backyard! (For the Taipei folks, anyway).

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